Cyanotiphia Cameron, 1907

Saini, Jagdish, Gupta, Devanshu, Chandra, Kailash & Gupta, S. K., 2022, Taxonomic notes on the little-known genus Cyanotiphia Cameron, 1907 (Hymenoptera: Tiphidae: Tiphinae), Zootaxa 5154 (1), pp. 87-92 : 88

Genus Cyanotiphia Cameron, 1907

( Figs.1–3 )

Cyanotiphia Cameron, 1907 , The Entomologist 40:287 (description female).

Type species: Cyanotiphia ruficauda Cameron, 1907 (by monotype)

Type locality: Quop , Sarawak, Borneo . Type depository: British Museum.

Diagnosis. Males and females of the genus Cyanotiphia can be recognized by the following combination of characters (after Cameron, 1907; Allen, 1969):

1) body colour dark metallic blue ( Figs. 2–3 );

2) presence of two midtibial spurs ( Figs. 3E );

3) mid and hind femora,in females, cylindrical, not broadened as in other genera of the subfamily Tiphiinae ( Figs.3F );

4) radius of forewing with an intercubital spur as in Paratiphia Sichel ( Figs. 2A , 3G );

5) tegulae large, about half the length of pro and mesonotum ( Figs.2A , 3A ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution map of Cyanotiphia ruficauda Cameron, 1907

FIGURE 2. Cyanotiphia ruficauda, Cameron (male). A. Body in dorsal view. B. Body in ventral view. C. Body in profile view. D. Head in front view. E. Mesosoma in lateral view. F. Mid and hind femora. G. Propodeum dorsal view. T1 and T2. I. T6 and T7. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 3. Cyanotiphia ruficauda, Cameron (female). A. Body in dorsal view. B. Head in front view. C. Body in ventral view. D. Body in profile view. E. Midtibial spurs. F. Mid and hind femora. G. Forewing. Scale bars: 1 mm.